Drug Summary

  Drug name:  fludroxycortide
  Chemical name:  Flurandrenolide
  Formula:  C₂₄H₃₃FO₆
  Weight:   436.5136
  CAS no:  1524-88-5
  DrugBank link:  DB00846
  Description:  A corticosteroid used topically in the treatment of various skin disorders. It is usually employed as a cream or an ointment, and is also used as a polyethylene tape with an adhesive. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p733)
  Indication:  For relief of the inflammatory and pruritic manifestations of corticosteroid-responsive dermatoses, particularly dry, scaling localized lesions